Prabhupāda: It takes only one night from here to Allahabad.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Twenty-six hours. We're thinking of renting a small bus for devotees, because coming back would be a problem.
Prabhupāda: I think Allahabad takes twenty-four hours.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Twenty-six hours.
Prabhupāda: Twenty-six hours by train?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.
Prabhupāda: And Calcutta?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Calcutta it is thirty-six hours.
Prabhupāda: Another ten hours.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: About thirty-six hours.
Prabhupāda: (japa) Preach as much as possible, by saṅkīrtana, big saṅkīrtana. Big saṅkīrtana is book distribution, and small saṅkīrtana is with mṛdaṅga. Big saṅkīrtana is going on all over the world; small saṅkīrtana locally. Overflood the demons' godless civilization. Our declaration of war against this godless civilization.
Girirāja: I met a very, very nice boy yesterday. His father is a Life Member, but he's studying in Boston at MIT.
Prabhupāda: Oh, technology.
Girirāja: Very super excellent student. But he was so submissive and inquisitive that he could really . . . and because he lives there . . .
Prabhupāda: He qualified? No.
Girirāja: He's finishing his Ph.D.
Prabhupāda: Oh. So he's very qualified.
Girirāja: Yes. And his father said that he is always the first rank in the class. Very outstanding student. And I mean the best thing is his attitude towards Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He asked for a copy of the Bhagavad-gītā, and . . .
Prabhupāda: Where he is now?
Girirāja: He's in Bombay, so I invited him to meet you. Actually, he was so interested that the father became scared at the end. He said . . . you know, at first he was encouraging me to influence the boy, but then at the end he said: "Don't make him a sādhu."
Prabhupāda: (laughs) Now he has opened his mind.